Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:57:39 -0400 From: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to remove all files with a certain extension Message-ID: <5BF30BAA-2B35-46C8-8257-56B077D00A8C@identry.com>
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This is a real newbie question, but I can't figure it out...
I want to remove all .tar files from a directory tree. I think
something like the following should work, but I must have something
wrong, because it doesn't:
find . -name *.tar -exec rm /dev/null {} \;
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks: John
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